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Animal Crossing (どうぶつの森, Dōbutsu no Mori?, lit. "Animal Forest"), is a social simulation video game series developed and published by Nintendo, in which the player lives in a village inhabited by anthropomorphic animals, carrying out various activities. The series is notable for its open-ended gameplay and extensive use of the game systems' internal clock and calendar to simulate real passage of time.
Three Animal Crossing games have been released worldwide, one each for the Nintendo GameCube, Nintendo DS, and the Wii. A new installment has been announced for the Nintendo 3DS. The series has been both critically and commercially successful and has sold 16.49 million units worldwide.
In all Animal Crossing games, the player assumes the role of a human character, who moves into a rural village populated with anthropomorphic animals and lives there indefinitely. Gameplay is open-ended: players have no defined objectives, but are instead encouraged to spend their time in the village performing any number of activities, which include collecting items, planting plants or other items, and socializing with the village's residents. All Animal Crossing games are played in real time, utilizing the system's internal clock and calendar. Thus, passage of time in the game world reflects that in reality, as well as the current season and time of day. Some in-game events, such as holidays or the growth of a tree, occur at certain times or require some duration of time to have passed.
Back before the days, back before the water
The invisible waves slammed the primal notion
They said you were wrong, though you had connected
These watery songs cleverly perfected
Chorus:
Dispensary of predictable mind
like a new leaf, from the old days
unfolding now the most ridiculous mind
like a new leaf in the old ways
These slippery shoes never fit the sailor
all scattered and bruised since it left the railing
it wouldn't behave, bad at problem solving
so it couldn't be saved, all these things revolving
Chorus
Back before the days, back before the water
The invisible waves slapped the primal notion
they wouldn't behave, bad at problem solving
so it couldn't be saved, all these things revolving
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